Daily recap on U.S. History
DECEMBER 30 — 1852 Happy anniversary President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hays;1861 Greenback rises from the ashes of useless gold and silver from NY banks; SPORTS: 1984 Happy Birthday King LeBron DECEMBER 30 1861 – New York banks suspend
DECEMBER 29 –1693 Happy birthday Ohio explorer and military leader Pierre Joseph Celeron de Blainville; INVENTIONS/PATENTS: 1900 Happy Birthday Charles Goodyear, 1921 Happy Birthday Robert Baker (invented chicken nugget), 1891 Edison patents radio DECEMBER 29 1693 — happy birthday Pierre
DECEMBER 28 — 1856 Happy Birthday Woodrow Wilson; INVENTIONS/PATENTS: 1879 Edison and Swan’s Electric Light DECEMBER 28 1856 Happy birthday Woodrow The Phrasemaker Wilson, #28. He was actually born around midnight, so some sources list that he was born on
DECEMBER 27 — 1932 Radio City Music Hall opens; INVENTION/PATENTS: 1931 R.I.P. Melvil Dewey (Dewey Decimal System); 1865 James Mason patents coffee percolator; 1908 Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns; 1944 FDR seizes control of Montgomery Wards DECEMBER 27 1932 –
DECEMBER 26 — 1777 Battle of Trenton Conclusion: Washington surprises Hessains; 1999 Child entertainer Jon-Benet Ramsey found dead; 1966 1st Kwanzaa 1776 — Washington surprises the Hessians. Whoever said Washington never told a lie must be talking about a different
CHRISTMAS — 1914 Germans and British stop fighting to celebrate Christmas; 1862 Elijah Roades writes Christmas Memoirs, Bing Crosby introduces White Christmas, all-time best selling song; 1776 Washington crosses icy Delaware River CHRISTMAS 1914 – The Germans and British stopped
DECEMBER 24 — 1923 Coolidge lights 1st national Christmas Tree;1777 Battle of Trenton Pt. 2: Washington sends spy to fool Hessian leader about Continental army Christmas attack; 1955 NORAD begins using Santa Tracker 1923 – Silent Cal lights up the
DECEMBER 23 — 1777 Battle of Trenton Pt. 1: Washington draws inspiration for Continental Army from Thomas Paine’s An American Crisis; 1919 Alice Parker patents gas heating furnace; 1883 Maj. Rathbone snaps; 1972 The Immaculate Reception DECEMBER 23 1777 —
DECEMBER 22 — 1807 Trading stops between the U.S. and France and England from the Embargo Act; 1882 Edison invents Christmas Tree lights; 1913 News of Federal Reserve Act hits the world; 2009 Sleigh Ride most popular Holiday Song; 1971
DECEMBER 21 — 1988 News about Libyan terrorist attack on PanAm flight hits American newspapers;\ 1891 First basketball game played at Springfield College; 1941 Japan sink two American oil ships near San Francisco; 1968 Apollo 8 crew sees Santa Claus;
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